What does it take to prepare statisticians for the realities of modern clinical trials? This month, “Practical Significance” cohosts Donna LaLonde and Ron Wasserstein are joined by Ji-Hyun Lee (University of Florida) and Nolan Wages (Virginia Commonwealth University) to discuss the new ASA Clinical Trials Certificate Program.
Lee and Wages explore the gap between traditional statistical training and the practical demands of real-world clinical research. Developed in close collaboration with steering committee members Antje Hoering, Amarjot Kaur, and Lisa LaVange, the certificate program reflects a collective effort to bridge that gap by bringing together expertise from across the field to define what statisticians working in clinical trials truly need to know and be able to do.
Lee and Wages also reflect on the evolving role of statisticians as scientific partners throughout a clinical trial and share personal insights about mentorship, innovation, and the responsibility statisticians carry when their work directly affects patient care.
And you won’t want to miss Ron’s traditional Top 10: “The Top Ten List of Medications Statisticians Would Like to Be Able to Prescribe.” Listen in!
If you’d like to learn more about the ASA Clinical Trials Certificate Program, visit https://american-statistical-association.github.io/clinical-trials-cert/.
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